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looting is proceeding. Continued from First Page. fa ,ed to Tei Yuen Fu. in the province of !*van Si, from which point they went to ril.in Fu. There U no governor." DISPOSING OF TANARUS TROOPS. Cell. Gnselee Sent Hi* War Office In formation. London, Aug. 24.—Gen. Gaselee, the commander of the British forces at Pe kin, telegraphing from that place, Aug. 16, via Che Foo, Aug. 23, gives details of how he is disposing of his troops there. He says the British losses were extreme ly small; announces that he is very short ,f food; thni he was arranging for con \ ys and that he hoped to assault the imperial city that day when the men had , cn fed. The general also says the good spirits and endurance of the troops have ... n beyond praise, and refers to the ex romely arduous march, owing to the beat and heavy mins. SM IRCHING FOR TUAN. lteport Tlint He Had Been in the Chinese Capital. Copyright, 1900, the Associated Fress. Pekin. Aug. 17, via Che Foo, Aug. 23. The Japanese command the gates to the Forbidden City and are awaiting instruc tions as to whether to hold them or de stroy them. Prince Tuan, leader of the insurrection, is reported to have been - , n here, and a search is being made for him. Chinese eafairy are operating in squads rear Tung C'how; and a squadron of Sikhs nnd American cavalry has been sent in pursuit of them. It i believed that the Kinpress Dowager has established her court at Sian Fu, the ancient capital. AID FROM THIS VIC EROVS. They Have Agreed to Help In Res toring Peace. Washington, Aug. 24.—The first assur a: es reached here to-day that the pow erful Chinese viceroys were disposed to a ept the new condition of affairs in China and would assist in the mainte nance of peace. The information came in a dispatch through diplomatic channels, and stated that one of the foreign offices hal received a telegram from two of the r, ?t powerful central viceroys, stating that they intended to give their best ef forts to maintain quiet throughout the central portions of China. A REPORT FROM FOWLER. .Add I limit! I Information Retiring I'p on Pekin Event*. Washington, Aug. 24 —Bulletin. Acting Secretary Ache to-night made public the foiiowing dispatch frem Consul Fowler at Che Foo, giving additional informa ion beating on events in Pekin; ‘ Che Foo, (undated) received Aug. 23, midnight.—To Secretary of State, Wash !i g on.—Twenty-third. Japanese report K tiperor (and) Empress left Pekin 14th, r* ted at Wau Shou Shan, supposed des ti :otion Tal Yuan Fu (Tai Yuen Fu?), Stun Si. Prince Ching believed in Pekin. Li Ping Heng died. Half population left. Fowler." CABLE NOW OPEN TO TAKE. Ht-iney Reports All Troops From the Ilancoek Ln*,led. Washington, Aug. 24.—The following cablegram was received to-day at the Navy Dejvartment from Admiral Remey: “Taku. Aug. 22.—Bureau of Navigation, W. a.gton: Cable open now Taku. All troops from Hancock landed. Marines g i.c Tien Tsln. Private Arthur A. Woods, in line corps, accidentally drowned, Tong Ku, night 21st. Remey.” Bl RXED JAPANESE TEMPLE. Uisputcli Sliotvn Disturbance* at Amoy, China. Washington, Aug. 24.—United State? Consul Johnson, at Amoy, cables ihe State Department, under date of to day, that a mob burned the Japanese tem l > at that place, to-day. Marines were landed to protect the Japanese officials hi are restoring peace and order. The marines alluded to must belong to some other nation than the United States, a? the United States has no warship at Amoy. Iliirued Near Amoy. Berlin, Aug. 24.—1 tis announced in o dispatch from Amoy, dated Aug. 24. that many more American end British missions in the neighborhood of Amoy have recent ly been looted, and burned by mobs, and thot last night a Japanese temple w;c* burned. GermunN Arrived. Berlin. Aug. 24.—An official dispatch from Tien Tsln, dated Aug. 21. saj’s the German naval detachment arrived at Pe kin Aug. 18. and that the marine battalion reached Ho Si Wu Aug. 20. PI CMC AT ST. SIMONS. Excnrsino Given by the Hilton anti Dodgre Company. Darien, Ga., Aug. 24.—The Hilton anti Dodge IvuYnbor Company yesterday gave to the company's employes at Darien and their friends an excursion to St. Simons. About fifty persona, besides the employes of the Darien office, accepted the com pany’s Invitation, and left the city on the Rteamer Passport, at 9 o'clock in the morning, arriving home again at 10:30 o'clock at night. The day was spent in the usual picnic style, including a big basket dinner, danc ln# and surf bathing. One of the most pleasing diversions was a delightful cake walk, by little Misses Long and Smith, who so pleased the crowd that they were ' ailed upon to repeat the performance on board the boat coming back to town. The Hilton & Dodge Company and em ployes are the toast of the town to-day. The excursion was given on the twenty third anniversary of General Manager H. H. Knox's connection with the company, and to him the day was a-doubly pleasant one. LEFT 9100,000 111 TRUST. M’lll ||. lTa<> ( | far Negro Eiiaeatiansl Purposes. Norwich, Conn., Aug. 24 —The will of Moses Pierce, the late cotton manufac turer, probated to-day, leaves a trust fund of SIOO,OOO to the American Missionary So ciety of New York city to be known is the Edwin Milmari Pierce fund, the in come to be used for educating teachers for common schools among the colored population In the South. HE WET TOOK TO THE HILL*. Report That He Win Cat Off by lla tlen-Fovvell. I.'ifidon. Aug, 25.—Gen. Baden-Powell, according io a dispatch lo the Standard from Pretorts, dated Aug. 23, headed off Gen DaWet, preventing hia Junction with the main body of the enemy. DeWet abandoned his transport and took lo the hills, bis commando dispersing, some going south. Lord Kitchener baa relumed to Preterit NEGROES MADE SPEECHES. Emery Advised Those In Boston to Come South. Boston, Aug. 21.—The session of the Aegro National Business League was re sumed at Parker Memorial Hall at 10 o ciock to-day. Among the speakers was W'. O. Emery of Macon, Ga. He advised the colored people of Boston to remove to the South and go into business. He said there were many more business op portunities for them there, and that the South was the land of the negro. Williams of Omaha, spoke for the colored people of his state. He told of successful negro formers in Nebraska, and urged that many more go there. He thought the. people, white and black, should get back to the soil. R. J. Pal mer of Columbia, S. C., who followed, said thot negro masons were employed on the Masonic Temple now being built in his city. He asked if negro workmen In Boston were allowed os good a chance in the field of labor. Albert -Moore Smith of Chicago, the or ganizer and president of the Chicago Col ored Women’s Business Club, was also among the speakers to-day. Among the other speakers were T. H. Thomas of Johnston, Tex.; T. Thomas Fortune of New York, G. C. Jones of I-iitle Rock, Ark.; A. F. Crawford of Meridian, Conn,; D. J. Cunningham of Pensacola; Eugene R. Boose of Clarksdaie, Miss.; J. F. Fowlkes of Evlngton, Va., and G. W. Franklin of Chattanooga. Resolutions and recommendations fof the formation of a permanent organiza tion were presented to the conference and were adopted. Till* following were rec ommendel for officers: For president, Booker T. Washington of Alabama; vice president, Giles B. Jackson of Virginia; vice president. Alberta Moore smith of lilinois; for treasurer, Gilbert C. Harris of Massachusetts. APPROPRIATED HORSES. Florida Towns Despoiled of Live Stock ly a Young- Cowboy. Orlando, Fla., Aug. 24.—Several days ago a boyish-looking cowboy, who hailed from Osceola county, rode in here on a horse and was leading another. He sold one of the animals to Liveryman J. B. Magruder, and then set out for Sanford. He sported a large revolver and a belt well-filled with cartridges, and bore him self as one who imagined himself tough enough to command respect. At Sanford he sold his other horse and then went out to Fort Reed, about three miles distant, where he stole a horse. From there he went to Longwood and helped himself to a buggy and harness. Mr. D. A. McDonald, file loser of the harness, trailed him in a westerly course from town for a few miles, when the troll turned in a southerly course, Mc- Donald returned to town and set the wires a work. The young man was apprehended at Lakeland and was arrested by the mar shal of that place. Day before yester day he passed through here on his re turn to Sanford in charge of Deputy Sher iff Hand. About this time a man from Osceola county arrived here in search of him. He was the owner of the horse sold in San ford. The animal had been stolen from him. He w<nt on to Sanford and recov ered the horse. Yesterday the young man had a prelim inary hearing and was placed under bend. His father, one pf the substantial citizens of Osceola county, had followed t'he erring boy when he was in charge of the officer on the return from lake land. He procured the necessary bond, and took the boy home last night. It is said that, aside from these cases, there are two or three other charges against him in Osceola county. The boy is only about 18 years old. TOD SLOW WILL RIDE. Rich Futurity Will Be Ridden To day nt Slierpnhend. New York, Aug. 24.—The racing season in the metropolitan district will be taken up again after a lapse of tw’O weeks, to give Saratoga a chance at clear dates, and from now until the snow falis the tracks will be busy. The fall meeting of the Sheepshead Bay track begins to morrow with a fine card, on which Is the rich Futurity for 2-year-olds at a little less than three-quarters of a mile, and all the pick of the youngsters in training are engaged, with one exception. A full list of the entries is qs follows: Tommy Atkins, 129; Blues. 126; Elkhorn, 126; Golden Age, Kenilworth, All Green, 122; Cap and Bell, Sweet Lavender, 119; Lady of the Valley, 116; Olympia, Bally Ho Bey, Six Shooter, Belving, Longshore man, Smile, 112. W. C. Whitney will depend upon Bally Ho Bey for victors', and so much does he think of the colt he has sent all the way to England to get Tod Sloan to ride him. Bally Ho Bey and Olympian, one of the Keene string, are strong favor ites. lIATTALJOX Mill. CAMP. Order firantlng Permission Issneil by the Adjntnnt General. Tallahassee, Fla.. Aug. 24.—The Second Battalion of the First Regiment, State Troops, has decided to go into camp for eight days at White Springs on Aug. 29, and Adjt. Gen. Houetoun has issued an or der granting permission for the encamp ment. The Governor’s Guards have re ceived an invitation to participate in the encampment. The Novelty Wood Works, formerly owned by the late John T. Bradford, have been purchased by Taylor & Child, contractors and builders. John Burnes, a prosperous farmer, came to town thie week. On the way home his horses ran away, and he Jumped from the wagon, breaking his right leg below the knee. J. M. Forbes, the new deputy United States marshal, has returned from Dead man’s Bay, where he arrested a man whom no other officer would undertake to capture James D. King was charged with Illegally dealing in liquor, and Forbes had no trouble In making the arrest. King will have a hearing before United Slates Commissioner W. C. Hodges here. FOCiID THE HEMAIXS. Von Kettler’a Body Will Be Glyrn Christian Interment. Berlin, Aug. 24,-The Dokal Anzelger, in a special from Che Foo, announces the finding of the body of Baron von Ket •teler. the murdered German minister. In a Chinese graveyard in Pekin. A solemn burial service with Christian rites will be held to-morrow. OX HABEAS CORPUS. lint Solinrn Was Re-nrrestetl on n Charge of Burglary. jjew York, Aug. 24.-Frederlek Scharn, ihe 18-year-old boy who has been held by the police, pending <he Investigation Into Che murder of hi* sister Isst Saturday, was releas'd on a writ of habeas corpus to-day, but was Immediately re-arrested on a charge of burglary. Struck o Church. Hopkinsville. Ky., Aug. 24 Bethel Paislst Church at Falrvlew, built as memorial on the alte of Jefferson Davis’ birth place, has been struck by lightning and destroyed- , THE MORNING NEWS: SAT UK DAY", AUGUST 25, 1000. OUR GENERALS IN CHINA. CHAFFEE AM) WILSON \\D THKIH Ql ALITIES OF LEADERSHIP. Tire Long Military Career of Chaffee and Some of the Stories Told About Him—His Modesty About “Hero ISuaineKs’*—His Skill ns a Seoul. Gen. Wilson ns a Man of Great Tael. From the New York Bun. If the army regulations should require that the President or the Secretary of War must get the approval of any large number ot army officers before important billets in the service were handed out the probabilities are that very few appoint ments would be made. For some reason or another it usually happens that the ap pointment of an army officer to an import ant station seldom secures the approval of any great number of the officer's com rades. There is usually something the matter with the officer. It is almost cer tain to be the case that some other offi cer than the one appointed would have been much better fitted for the station, in the opinion of his brother officers, than the one appointed. This difference of opinion between the officer of the permanent establishment and the appointing power as to the fitness of the appointee does not do anybody any harm and it affords the criticising officers some diversion and amusement. The Pres ident and the Secretary of War often hear al>out the criticisms, but they don’t mind them—they’ve heard them before—and simply smile. This criticism being practically as sure to come as death and taxes.it was thought that the entire line and staff of the army had been suddenly aillicted with some ter rible disease when few or no criticisms were heard over the appointment of Gen. Adna. Romanza Chaffee to the chief com mand of our forces in China, and to the apt>ointment of Gen. James H. Wilson as second in command. It was really thought in Washington l that something was the matter with the service. Not only were no criticisms heard, but a chorus of approval of the appointments came in from officers all over the country. Of course there was a reason for this extra ordinary attitude on the part of army of ficers generally, and if anybody had in quired what the reason was he might have found out, as did a reporter for the Sun, the other day, who asked one of the high est officers in the army to account for it. “Because, my boy,” said the officer in question, “they’re the right men in the right places. Npt if a year had been taken to pick out the men could the President have sent such a strong team to China as Chaffee and Wilson. Chaffee is a plain, even-day unvarnished fighter; resourceful, skilful in tactids, brave as a lion and having the absolute confidence of every man who ever fought under him or near him. For the work to be done in China where, then, could you find better men to do it? Nobody doubts that there will be plenty of fighting before the job is finished, and everybody knows, who knows anything, chat before and af ter the fighting the chief officers of the armies of each nation will need to be masters in diplomacy to ovoid ruptures between the nations. The United States is particularly in need of fighters who are diplomats, for the very reason that we have not declared war on China. We have not yet committed u hostile act in Chinese territory that could have been avoided. We didn’t get mixed up in that fool attack on the Taku forts, thanks to Kempff’s level head, and it is quite likely that we may get through and get out of China without being obliged tp declare war formally. ißut if we do this, we have got to have good heads to boss the, job, and such heads are carried under the hats of Chaffee and Wilson.” For some reason, which nobody has been able to explain satisfactorily, a halo of romance has been thrown around Gen. Chaffee, almost from the time he wore shoulder straps. It is said that he has been the hero of more romantic tales than any other officer in the regular ser vice since the civil war. The general, perhaps, knows better than anybody else whether the majority of these stories is true, and in speaking of two or three of them one day riot long ago, he said: •'Those yarns, like a lot of others I have heard told about me, are just plain, ev ery-day damned lies. They sound pretty enough, but they're all rot. / 1 m no hero and, if the plain hard truth were always told, there would be mighty few halos stuck around the heads of us army offi cers. We just go ahead end attend to our business like any other business men. We're put in certain places to succeed. If we do succeed, there is no particular sense in telling a lot of heroic lies about us, and if we fail—well, God help us. ' But as many stories as have been told about Gen. Chaffee's valor it Is somewhat strange that, so far as he or his Intimate friends have ever heard, no plain, ordi nary biography of him has ever been written or printed. So little is knotvn, even in the service, about hie private life that one of his most intimate friends was unable to tell the other day whether he. had any children. To sketch Gen. Chaffee's life, minus its incidents, is not a difficult task, or is it a long story. He was born in Zanesville, 0., in 1843. His father was a farmer and the son had the ordinary advantages of farmers’ sons of the time. He went to the district school, then he went to an academy and then he went to war. He was 19 years old when the report of the firing on Fort Bumter reached Zanesville, and without consult ing anybody he just determined that the country needed his services and he start ed off for the nearest recruiting station and enlisted, not in a volunteer regiment, but in the Sixth United States Cavalry, with which most of his service In the army ha® been connected, which sailed on the same transport with him for China. He joined the regiment os a private: he will lead it in China as a major general of volunteers. It was not long after Chaffee enlisted (hat the Sixth Cavalry saw plenty of ac tive service, and it ws not long before Chaffee showed that he was not of the stuff to remain a private. Whenever the regiment got into a scrimmage Chaffee was sure to do something or other (hat won the atientlon of his officers, and It was not long before he was made a ser geant, and when the war was over he came out with a lieutenant’s shoulder strap*? ami a brevet or two for particular ly gallant conduct on particular occa sions. He got his captaincy in 18C7. Almost Immediately after the war, Chaffee was sent to Texas wish his regi ment to putt down some bushwackers and border thieves who were committing de predations In Texas and Mexico. As an illustration of how successfully he did hia work, he has In his collection of trophies two large revolvers which be longed lo the two leaders of the gang, which wero taken from them Just liefore they were hanged. After that he re mained on the frontier fighting Indians, whenever they needed fighting, until 1878. Then he was sent to New York for a year on recruiting duty. Then he Joined the regiment In Arizona, fought the bat tle of Big Dry Wash Canon against the Apaches, and Just to remind folks that he was still on earih, distinguished him self once more. The Federal troops were on one side of ihe canon and the In dians on the other. Chaffee was out In front of the firing line with scouts, and It may be said In passing that thnt Is where Chaffee usually is when he has a fight on hi* hand*. The Indians were dropping bullet* across that canon In pretty lively style. Suddenly on* of the grouts fell about 100 feet from where Chaffee was standing. A scoul near him said: _ _ . i •'There's goes fto-and-80, poor fellow, ha’s evidently done for." Chaffee looked at th fallen soldier very for s mlniila or twe and than nn- ticed a movement of the body. ‘’He’s only wounded,” he exclaimed. "Come along and we’ll fe ; teh him in.” To go out after the soldier meant to expose himself and the man whom he had asked to accom pany' him to the concentrated fire of all the redskins on the opposite side of ihe canon. That didn’t seem to concern Chaffee a particle. Thowing hlmsetf flat on the ground, he crawied toward the wounded soldier. The scout followed. Slowly' and somewhat painfully' the two men crawled along until they reached the wounded man. With great difficulty they hnlf-carried, half-dragged him back with in the lines. So thrilled wire his men with the deed that had been performed that they quite forgot all about fighting Indians, stopped firing and began to cheer. This made Chaffee furious. Al most dropping his end of the burden, he yelled out in tones that no man could fall to hear: “Shut up that noise and go to shoot ing.” There wasn't any particular fun In fighting Indians in those days, because officers and men were likely to get sho< from ambush at any time by the partic ular tribe that was on the warpath, and there is little glory or romance for a soldier to lose his life from an Indian’s rifle aimed between bush branches. But there were Indians to be foughl, and, somehow or other, the Sixth Cavalry was usually selected to jump in where the fighting was hardest. Where the Sixth Cavalry was, there was Chaffee’s troop, nnd there waS Chaffee. He was a close student of Indian habits and characteristics, and he had not been fighting on the frontier long before he was as clever at some of the Indian tricks as wereredskins themselves. It is well known, cuTourse, that an Indian can follow’ the trail of u man on foot or on horseback when most folks would find nothing to indicate that any living person had passed that way. This was one of ihe tricks which Chaf fee acquired. He could go through w’oods or dense underbrush and follow a trail by noticing broken twigs or branches brushed one side, or in a hundred other ways known chiefly' to the American In dian. Furthermore, he became an adept in the use of the Indian sign language, nnd a few’ y r ears later, when he was chas ing Geronimo, under Gen. Crook, all this Indian lore stood him in good stead and made him one of the most valuable offi cers Crook had. While he was fighting these intermit tent campaigns on the frontier. Chaffee had occasion to go to Junction City, Kan., now and again on business. On one of these visits he met Miss Annie Rockwell, the second daughter of Maj. George Rockwell, a merchant and banker. In 1874 Miss Rockwell and Capt. Chaffee were married. The usual life of the y’oung army officer on the frontier w’ns the life which Chaffee led, including the Indian fighting, until IKBS, when Brig. Gen. Crook was ordered to fit out an expedi tion. The. work continued for an en tire year, the wily Geronimo leading his pursuers a merry chase through Texas and into Mexico, back into Texas again and again in’to Mexico. Gen. Crook didn’t succeed in capturing the Apache, but he kept him mighty busy. Chaffee served with the Sixth Cavalry until July, 1888. more than a quarter of a century', v.’hVn he was made a major and assigned to the Ninth (colored) Cav alry. He was with the Ninth for the next nine years, w'hen he whs again pro moted and 1 became the lieutenant colonel of the Third Cavalry on June 1. 1897. He was serving with the Third when the war with Spain began. General officers were needed and Lieut. Col. Chaffee was one of the first to be appointed a briga dier general of volunteers. He was com missioned on May 4, 1898. and commanded a brigade from Las Guasiirras to El Coney. It was at El Uanev that the Gen eral fought his latest fight and won new i urels. Many stories have been told about Chaffee’s marvellous nerve and bravery (luring that battle. He himself Is the * authority for the statement that not more than one-third of the stories hat have been told and written about him are true. One of the tales was of how he noticed a man in the trenches as he was walking up and down the firing line whose shotting was so erratic that he poked holes In nothing but the atmos phere. According to the s'orv. Chaffee got down into the trench, laid his hand kindly on the soldier’s shoulder—he w’as a young private of the Twelfth Infantry and asked him whnt was the matter. 4 Nothing. I gu> s, Fir.” was the alleged rerly, “except I’m seared ” “Well, let’s see if we can’t steady our gelve*,”’ Chaffee is reported to have said, and then he lay down besid the soldier and told him how and where to shoot until the young fellow became as steady as. a church and forgot to stop shooting whrn the order to cease filing was g ven. This story was primed in magazin and one of Chnfi es brother officers show ed U to 1 im. Chaffee read it through, scowling more viciously the further he i’(ad. When he had finished he exclaim- ©1 " "That's all damned rot. What the devil do th( sc follows! want to make such f ols of us for? Do you aur p sc I had lime in that scrimmage to get down in a trench end cairy n private target prac tice withs me of the hoy-i? I had enough trouble- of mv own without giving par tleular attention to those of particular Individuals. Some folks may like all this nlckfl-plarir.g, hut I den't. No mat er hew much G n. Chaffee may try. he will not he able altogether to be little his performances, during the war in Cuba. For instance no matter what he may say of it. his brother officers wi'l not forget a certain performance of lii< one night at Santiago. It was b f re the attack on the had been made, and Simpson's ships were lvlr>g outside the harbor entrance, ready to smash Cerve ro’s ileet as soon as It should ever make iht- attempt to c-une out. Much had been said about the s rfngth of the fortifica tions about Mono Cast!®. Asa matter of fuct, hrwver, nobody knew exactly how strong they were, anti what was much more to the p ini, th'rc wete ro maps to Show th< best way by which a land attack c u and be mode, while Samp on was utt.i king, if he did attack, from the s a. Chaffee km w this, and on" evening ho jus dlsa i eared for a while no! oly knowing IV at had Is c me of him Aft.r n little while hp came tack and one of tire offie rs asked wh re he had I.- en. "Oh, 1 Just went out to wwlk < ft my A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER, Gains 12 lbs. on Change of Food. When a change in fool can rebuild a man 77 yarn of age, it Is evidence that there Is i-orne value In a knowledge that can dls rlminap* In the selection of prop er food to lebulld the body. A few mon'hs ago ihe physician attending War ren B. Johnson of Coifox, Cat, 77 years old, told him that ' e.itii from old age would soon c aim him. He suffered from general weakness and drbllfiy. An old la ly adtl el him to quit coffee and drink Pos'um Cereal Fool Coffee and to eat Grape-Nu:s hr akfMSt food everv morning. H* took the advice and has gained 12 pounds, hays he Is as well as h< ever was and can take long trip* In the moun'a ins, whl - h he has 1 e n un able to do fir a long lime. There Is a reaeon for this; In the first place, coff* e acts as a direct nerve de stroyer on many highly organized people both lOling end cld. and many people tiavn't Ihe knowledge to select nuurlsh lng. healthful, rebuilding food. Both Postum Food Coffee and Grape- Nuts breakfast food are made from se lect'd part* of the field grains that con tsln delicate particles of ph"*|tiate of pjtash and albumen, T h‘*e two element* combine In the human body to quickly rc b j lid tie gray m otter In the brain and In the n-rva c*liters throughout the body. Direct, sun and cerialn inutile come from their use aid en I* proven ly any peraon that cares to make he trial. Both the Poetuin Food Coffee and Grape-Nuts ara kapt by all Orst rUii grocers. ATS. I iuEat STEARNS’ B x and )ACH>PA^TE and die * H TT H \and^R^ice x die out\ f J~~j Jj \ ’ . —V leaving One ingredient of the <|| / 'tn.s is the sox. \ \ \ consumes their No other ,13 jf j \ \ n ||] It is the only - thing', which will rid your house of ||| Bugsy and|i all other\ vermin. \ \ \ X ' N \ Stearns’j€lectric hotels ana public buildings \ throughout country v Hj I FOR SAUt BY ALI DEALERS, 2Bot*. A BOX. * dinner,” was Chaffee's reply. Then he pul It and out of his pocket a number of pa p r < upon v.li ch were rough sketches. He laid them cut before ihe officers and said: “Here’s something we may need before we get through with this business.” And then ho explained that he had dis covered two trails leading to Morro Cas tle, had made sketches of them as best he could, without knowing very much what he was drawing on account of the darkness, and kept on until he had got actually within the Swinish lines. ’’Suddenly.” said Chaffee, “I fretrd a sentinel cough, and it nearly scared me to death. I didn’t know I had got po far. and I put back as quickly as 1 could.” Then he lighted a cigar and pro.'eedjd to correct his drawings. As it turned out they were never needed, but the persons who told this story to the Sun man. this is one of the stories that is true—said they would have been of invaluable assistance had a land attack on Morro at Santiago been necessary, and by the aid they would have given it might have been po*UMe to completely surprise the Spanish garri son. For services in Cuba, Gen. Chaffee became a major general and later, ns is well known, after the reorganization of 1899, when Gen. Brooke was made gov ernor general of Cuba, Chaffee was ap pointed chief of s*.aff with the rank of brigadier general. It was while he was serving on (Jen. Brooke's staff that he was promoted in the permanent esrnbllsh ment from lieutenant colonel of the Third to colonel of the Eighth Cavalry, w'hich is his rank in the regular army now. With his new commnnd he has never yet served. When he was selected for the China serv ice he askedi especially that his old regi ment, the Sixth Cavalry, should be sent with him. Just why he was selected to command our forces in China Gen. Chaffee never quite knew. He had prepared, after hav ing been ordered from Cuba to Washing ton. to spend the most of his Rummer in Maine. He yarne on to New York with Mrs. Chaffee to visit his ,brother-in-law, I)r. Thomas H. Rockwell, one of the med ical staff of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, nt Dr. Rockwell’s home at Bay Ridge. They were at dinner one evening in the latter part of June, when a tele gram was brought the General. There was some curiosity on the part of those at the table to know what it was all about. It conveyed no other information than that he was to report at once in per.-ron to the Secretary of War nt Clinton, N. Y.. where Mr. Root was attending the com mencement exercises of Hamilton College, of which he is a trustee and from where he was graduated. Gen. Chaffee sur mised that the telegram meant that he was to return to Cubs. When he got to Clinton he found out that he was going on a much longer Journey. Gen. Chaffee is about 5 feet 10 inches tall, with square shoulders, deep-set gray eyes, a remarkably firm chin, and sandy hair. He weighs about 160 pounds, and is veTy much of an athlete. He says of himself that he never feels so comforta ble as when on horseback. Other people *ay of him that, when mounted, the gen eral appearance is that the man is a part ~f the horse. Asa commander, he Is a rtrfct disciplinarian, but not in any sense a martinet. He requires of his men Just ns much as he requires of himself and no more. He expects every member of his command ro do his duty in as pains taking a manner as he doe? himself. The care which he takes of his men, the consideration which he shows them, nnd the fact that he never has yet asked one of them to go w'here he wouldn’t go him self, has made him loved wdth a strong love by every man who hns ever served under him. Perhaps the best ill us*ration of what his men think of him was the remark made by old Pcrgt. Woodhnll of the Sixth Cavalry, when he was dying after the hat He of El Uanev. He had received a mortal w'ound and knew that he didn’t hove long to live. Turning to one of Ih* men who was sitting by him, the old Sergeant said: "It’s been a pretly long service I've had. and I've had some pretty close calls, but they've got me now. Of course, he's busy at the front, but T do wish I could see the 'Old Mari' Just once before I go. It's worth something 7o fight under him. and 1 tell you the boys of the Sixth would be willing to go through hell if they knew the 'Old Man' was with them." Although an utterly fearless man, G<n. Chaffee has a wonderful regard for thei lives of the men under him. Jt is for lhn< reason, probably, thnt It Is said of him that he never goes Into battle with out having first known of his own knowl edge as much of the strength and posi tion of the enemy ns It Is possible to ascertain. It Is because of this fact that his men give him thHr confidence so un reservedly, and It Is also beeause of this fact that people In the United States may take it for granted that the United Staten troops will not move on Pekin un til they ore absolutely ready. An army Is not usually considered ready to move until I's hospital corps and Its ammuni tion train Is ready to move with It. Gen. Choffee's friends In the army hereabouts ssy that If there appears to he delay In the movement of our troops In China It may he taken for granted that there la the best reason In the world for that de lay. Gen'. Chaffee's fsmily consists of hia wifi and three children, two daughters 11, I one son. Alina R. Chnffee. Jr The eldest daughter, Kate, was married about three years ago lo IJeut. George F. Hamilton of the Ninth Cavalry, now in structor In mathematics at West Point, They have one son, Adna Chaffee Hamil ton. The son, tvho Is I*l years o4d. Is fit ting for Wsat Point nt fit I.uke's School, Rustleton, Pa. The third child and young er daughter, who Is 12 years old, Is at Mias llaxea'a school at Pe’ham Manor. Mrs. Chaffee and the two younger children are i,i present In Connecticut, nnd they will divide their summer lietweati there. West Point otol Boy Ridge, with Mrs. Chaffee - sister, Mrs. Rockwell. >* ► -narked since the appoint- ment of Gen. Chaffee and Gen. Wilson to the China command that it is some what curious that, since the United States began fighting folks two year* ago, most of the high I'OinmniKlts have been, held by cavalry officers. Gen. Hhafter, Gen. Otis and Gen. Mac Arthur are the excei>- <k>ns. Gen. Merritt, the first governor general ami military commander in the Philippines, was one of Sheridan’s chief cavalry leaders; Gen. Wheeler was the great cavalry leader of the Confederacy, and Fitzhugh Lee was his able assistant. Lawton won his epurs and his reputation as n commander of cavalry, and now two cavalrymen are to direct our troops in China. It has been said of Gen. Wilson that. In some respects, he wnt the great est cavalry general of the war, Sheridan not excepted. Since le wos graduated from West Point it has been his lot to have commanded larger bodies of troojws than has Gen. Chaffee, and it has been said of him that he was one of the most ukilful tacticians of the Civil War. How ever all this may be, regular army offi cers are agreed, and this is the wonder, that Chaffee and Wilson will odd anew luetro to American aims in the land of tea find Boxers. USED AS A BASEBALL n\T. \ * Rueer Story Told \lont n Preacher's \\ onden Leg. From the New York Herald. W.a the Rev. Edward Augustus Eger ton’s leg used as a baseball hat? New ton 13. Satchelberg says that it was and Dr. w. a. Brown, superintendent of the Sanford Hall Sanlatlum, where the aged clergyman was living, says that it was not. # Of course, the leg under dlscuaMon was a wooden limb, bu; Dr. Brown thinks that, inasmuch us it was attached to a clergyman, it was to that extent a rev erent tiling, and could not have been pro fired at his sanitarium by such unhal lowed usage. Mr. Stachelberg said yrß orday that the Rev. Edward Augustii* Eger ton, who is 76 jean* old. wis formerly chaplain at flt Johns and, L. I , find consul at the famous island of Guam, and is a friend of Bishors Littlejohn and Potter. Some years ago, he said, the clergyman had s mo double with his leg. and went to Sanford Hall Sanitarium, Flushing, L. I, where tie offending member was- re moved “He has rmainel in the sanitarium cv r since,” said Stachclherg. “and a wooden leg was put in the place of his original limb. The employee of the In stitution. I was told took possession of the wooden member some time ago, and have used It ever since as a makeshift for a law ball bat.” At the sanitarium, last night. Dr. W. 8. Brown, supe lnt ndent, 1 .u .h(d at the story, fa absurd He said that the Rev. Edward Augustus Eg* rton came to his sanitarium suffering frr m a slight form of dememJa. He was fcfterward transferr ed t > the Long Inland s;a e hospital at King’s lark. “Dr. Eger-on’s wooden leg was never used as a baseball lat by the employes of ti ls lnstbuti n ’ said Dr. Brown. ,4 Dr. EgerU n had no w<x d*n leg. It was a fork 1* g, with a Joint and hinge in the miiiile, which to ally incapacitated it for use as a baseball bat “The cork 1 g seemed to be a thing of great Interest to the clergyman, however, and he won and someiim h war It, and some lrues lay it by, as if to rest It. On such occasions he would use a crutch. The crutch was ndopod, I think, as a eert of and f i sive weapon, i r he fancied that hi.wa* annoyed, and would menace p isons with his staff “But the cork kg—well. I don’t think that anybody ever used it, with its Joint and hinge in the ndd lie. as- a baseball La*. It Is a fals s and silly story.” PAVED WITH TOMBSTONE*. A Street In I’hllndelpliln Tlins Strangely Covered. From the Philadelphia North American. There Is a -irlngent rule against the dis interment of bodies during the months of June. July, August and September. Only by special permission of the Board of Health can it be done, and these permits a c Issued only lc unusual case*. Not withstanding tht spirit of the law, John A. Fitzpatrick, undertaker, secured per mits and has just completed the remo.al of 70*5 bodies from the old burial ground behind the Third Baptist Church, In Sec ond street,-above Catherine, lo Arlington Cemetery. The Baptist Cemetery was opened in 1809. and burials have been made there as Inle as ISS3, A remarkable feature of this church yard '’tutting" Is that the tombstones and headstones were sold to the Alcatraz Pav ing company, and by that firm ued In paving Deague street, between Front and Second streels. Ml. Gibb, chief of the Bureau of Public Health, admitted that the contracting undertaker had permis. slot) to do what he phased with the stones, but he was apparently somewhat abashed when he learned of the use they had been put to. Whole headstones bearing the cross or "Sacred to the memory of ," or "In memory of my beloved wife, —— or "In fond remembrance of —were dumped Into the street and broken into the proper size by the rulhlese laborers, while the neighbors looked on In horror. At night Ihe children collected samples *>f stones, and there is scarcely a house In league etreet wmch doe* not contain a piece of some lettered tombstone. Even In Ihe church liself the slonea have been used to material advantage. In one place a footstone which originally Im*- longed to "J M.” 1* r w doing duly lorjt ,|cy"r-tep and at another door a fool stone marked "Ae rest" answer* the same pur pose. A SORT OF TRADE BALANCE IS FSTAIII.ISIIKD 111 MOOD AND IN FAVOnAHI.E INKDI’ENCES. ISrnd*(rer F* l(f|„>rt fnr the Week. Clenring'* lllicht Re Taken n* m I Hi! ten I lon Tlint the Ti.le of Trnd, AN a* nt It* Ebh I.at Week—Per oeptlhle Improvement in the Job Iflnn Demi,ml for Iron—Prleen Art Steady Deorenne on Cotton Dui to ltnins. New York, Aug. 24.—Brarlstreel'a to morrow will say; Contrary trade our rents still give an appearancse of lrreg ularlty to the entire situation, but gooi and unfavorable Influences conspire 4c bring about a sort of balance, which ac cords well with the weather conditions and the particular season of the year. I! clearings leturns are to be regarded, the tide of trade was about at its ebb last week, but 14 is well known that clearings rarely, except In times of speculative ex citement, reflect present conditions. In the Iron trade the corner has appar ently been turned for the better, and there Is perciptible Improvement in 4hc Jobbing demand at leading Western mar kets. Brices, too, are steady, the few decrease* noted being largely due to Im proved crop conditions, particularly of corn and cotton. Despite the reports which have pictured the corn crop as heavily shortened by hot winds, the re ports to Bradstreet's from Nebraska, Kansas City and St. Louis are, as a whole, quite encouraging. The lowered price of cotton Is largely due to the ar rival of needed rains In the South At lantic StateH. In the list of unfavorable features holi day quiet In many lines is notable at the large Eastern centers, although some Im provement In dry goods jobbing is report ed at several points. In the textile trades, quiet In cotton goods is still notable, and the spring sea-* son for men's wear woolens drags percep tibly. Raw wool is quiet, and Ihe man ufacturers are buylpg only to All orders actually booked. Raw cotton hr at a deadlock, crop uncertainties and extreme ly small supplies being balanced by the less favorable outlook for the manufac tured goods. Re|>orts are common of a falling off In traffic on leading Eastern railroads now being noted, but certainly nothing of this is reflected In the gross earnings of leading railroads for the sec ond week of August. All In all, the trade situation may be said to lack snap, but there Is little ap pearance of weakness, and the fall trade outlook is regarded as hopeful. Western trade advices are relatively most opti mistic. The Missouri corn crop will be an average and Illinois' very large. Corn exports for the week aggregate 3,433,375 bushels, against 3.017.089 last week, 4,596,097 in this week a year ago. 2,648,933 In 1898, 2.682,452 in 1897, and 2,610,309 In 1896. From July 1 to date, this season, corn exports are 28,374,489. against 37,122.- 766 last season, and 22,877,298 In 1898-99. Business failures In the United State*, as reported to Bradstreef*. aggregate 133 for the week, as against 168 last week. 154 In this week a year ngo, 172 In 189 R. 210 In 1897, and were obout half what they were In this week four years ago, Ca nadian failures for the week number 29, as against 24 last week, 23 In this week a year ago, 27 In 1898, 39 In 1897, and 31 in 1896. PETITIONED THE CONSUL. X, tiroes Want Protection From Great Britain. New Ymk, Aug. 21.—Dr. M. S. N. Pierre, a negro from British Guiana, nnd 20.1 of bis fellow British subjects have pr. pared a petition to Percy Sanderson, British consul, asking him to take the nr etary *:• ps for their protection. The petition alleges that the s’gners were brutally attack'd by the mob in the recent rots In this rl y end that the police. Inst-ad of giving them protection, actually ln< It and and urged the tnob to great fury. <’HiKlin BY A CINNAMON BEAR. Thrilling Experience of Hunting Party in Colorado. From Ihe Chicago Record. Denver. Col., Aug, 21.—Robert Martin, a well-known hunter and caktleman of Ar chuleta county, arrived here to-day and related an experience that he had Juat passed through with a big cinnamon bear. Martin was with a Rio Grande section gang In Cumbres pass repairing ties and traveling by means of a handcar. Work had hardiy commenced before a little cin namon bear appeared In search of lla mother. The men captured ihe cub after strategic moves and tied him to the hand car, which was put on the track. He Im mediately commenced to howl for the dam, and In a few minute* a big, lean, lank mother made hr appearance and started for her cub with blood in her eye. The men Immediately rushed the car toward the ■town grade and atarted to work, with the bear ten feet behind. The harder the men worked the faster the bear ran, and Marlin, who was sitting with hla feet hangln over Ihe rear of the car, had one shoo torn off by her daws In a sudden spurt. Anothci; Jump and th dam almost made the car, but fell, but waa on her feel In a moment. For three mb** the bear chased the car on a down grade and was only slopped by a gulch trestle. The cub rsmaUted the section gpen's Muph)’. 5